Hassan Ghani

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New York, November 10, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is
concerned by Israel's
continued detention of Hassan Ghani, a correspondent for Iran's Press
TV.

Ghani was arrested with four other journalists on Friday when
soldiers boarded
two humanitarian aid ships sailing toward Gaza,
news reports said. The other journalists included Lina Attallah, of Al-Masry al-Youm'sEnglish edition; Jihan Hafiz, of Democracy Now!; Casey
Kauffmann of Al-Jazeera English; and Ayman
Al-Zubair of Al-Jazeera. The four journalists, a few of whom had
equipment and footage confiscated by the Israeli authorities, have all been
released and deported except Ghani, news
reports said.

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New York, November 4, 2011--Israeli forces arrested an
unidentified number of journalists today after a group of soldiers boarded two
humanitarian aid ships sailing toward Gaza and
forced them to redirect to the Israeli port of Ashdod,
according to news
reports.